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One of the most savvy and effective green groups out there, Green for All, is partnering with Sigg USA and hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa for the "Keep It Fresh" public education tour, coming to campuses across the county. The campaign seeks to raise

Water. It's one of the most essential elements of life on Earth. Yet nearly 1 billion people don't have access to safe drinking water. Our fresh water supplies are badly polluted and over-allocated. And the waste that occurs from the agricultural

We love seeing designers come up with ideas for solar powered fresh water purification and generation for underdeveloped areas. While most of them won't pan out, it keeps the spark going for figuring out ideas

Chris Perry, who worked at Pixar for many years, created an incredible animated short that aired to day, for World Water Day. Titled The Incident at Tower 37, the film tells the story of a company that is siphoning

Using desalination to provide water to large communities is a controversial topic. But desalination has its uses where no one would argue its benefits -- for instance, in a disaster area desal could be life saving. But how does

If you type the phrase 'how long can you last without...' into Google, given the thousands of preemptive suggestions to fire back to complete the phrase, it might surprise you that water is the first word

Today is World Water Day -- a day to appreciate the water that comes out of your tap, and to get knowledgeable about world water issues. We cover water issues on TreeHugger often so it's easy to miss some of the stories as they

Tap water at restaurants in the US is usually free, but UNICEF is encouraging restaurants across the country to ask patrons for a $1 donation for their free tap water this week. It is World Water Week, and the

Dams are usually an ecological nightmare, and the Colorado river is certainly suffering due to overuse by the western states that rely on its waters, not to mention Mexico which receives barely a trickle. But because of the heavy reliance on its

Winter floods always bring a rush of concern about the amount of water being "wasted" as it rushes out to the ocean. A serious problem with urban landscapes, particularly those on coastlines or near deltas, is that rainwater washes straight into storm

Dr. Peter Gleick is a water expert at the Pacific Institute who is very vocal about the state of fresh water supplies in the US. Recently he wrote about the debate in California on if some threatened species need to be allowed to go extinct to allow

Some new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that states in the Western US are likely in for much drier conditions in coming decades from climate changes. Both human-caused climate change and because of